The Spruce / Ulyana Verbytska

Not all pumpkins are orange, and some pumpkins taste better than others!

Want more gardening tips?

Try keeping a Munchkin plant or two!

classic orange pumpkins

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Goosebumps

This novelty pumpkin definitely screams Halloween!

with its bright orange skin and dark green to orange warts.

Just be sure to store Cotton Candy pumpkins in a dark spot to keep their white skins from discoloring.

classic jack o lantern

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Sugar pumpkins

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Connecticut field pumpkin

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Cinderella pumpkins

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Long Island Cheese Pumpkins

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Many One too Manu pumpkins

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Atlantic Giant pumpkin on vine.

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Jarrahdale pumpkin

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Munchkin mini pumpkin.

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Big Max pumpkins.

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Kakai green and orange striped pumpkins.

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Howden pumpkins.

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Peanut pumpkin.

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Fairytale pumpkin

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Royal Blue pumpkins.

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Jack Be Little mini pumpkins.

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Black futsu squash

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Casper white pumpkins.

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Porcelain Doll pumpkin.

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Goosebumps pumpkin.

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Mint prince green pumpkins.

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“Turk’s turban” or “French turban” winter squash, heirloom cultivar of Cucurbita maxima.

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Long Pie pumpkin.

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Batwing pumpkins.

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Flat White Boer pumpkins.

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Marina di Chioggia pumpkin.

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Cotton Candy white pumpkins.

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